Tucker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PETER TUCKER, No. 2:18-cv-00528-MCE-CKD Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION, Defendant.

CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION,

17 Cross-Complainant, 18 v.

PETER TUCKER,

20 Cross-Defendant. 21 22 Through the present action, Plaintiff Peter Tucker (“Plaintiff” or “Tucker”) seeks damages from his former employer, Defendant Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (“Defendant” or “CFF”) after he was terminated by CFF in 2017. Plaintiff’s Complaint includes three different causes of action, for age discrimination in violation of California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), Cal. Govt. Code §§ 12940, et seq., wrongful termination premised on the alleged FEHA violation, and for defamation under California law given statements that were purportedly made by other CFF personnel about Plaintiff and the circumstances following his termination. This case was initiated in state court, after which Defendant removed it…